Searching the Art & Architecture Image Database

VSC Art and Architecture Image Database

How to Search for Images

Artist name - enter the artist’s last name.

Time Period - enter any of the following search terms:

17th Century 18th - 19th Century Aegean African American Ancient Near East Byzantine Celtic China Crete Early Medieval Egyptian Etruscan Gothic Greek

Hittites India Islamic Japan Modern North American Indian Photography Pre-Columbian Prehistoric Renaissance Roman Romanesque Stone Age

Medium - enter any one of the following search terms:

Acrylic Architecture Artifacts Collage Drawing Engraving Fresco Graphic Design Illum Manuscript Installation Mixed Media

Mobile Painting Photography Painted Pottery Prints Relief Sculpture Sketch Stained Glass Tapestry Tempera

Image Detail - the database can also search the short descriptions of each slide using the exact term you have entered. Keep in mind that the descriptions are quite minimal and do not all use the same terminology, and your search terms must match the words in the short descriptions very precisely. Try just one or two words or several variations of your search terms.

Examples:

• a search for “print” will not necessarily find an etching
• a search for “basil” will find St. Basil’s and everything described as a basilica
• a search for "india" will find images from India, North American Indian art, art by people named India, and art made from Indian silk

Image Number - once you have found an image using an artist, period, or keyword search, you may save its number for quicker access on later occasions.